joke
noun
verb
dʒəʊk
noun
1
something
that
you
say
or
do
to
make
people
laugh,
especially
a
funny
story
or
trick
笑话; 玩笑
2
tell a joke tell a joke
Do
not
say
不要说 ‘say a joke’. Say 而要说 tell a jokeor 或 tellsomeone a joke.
3
be a joke
to
be
completely
useless,
stupid,
or
unreasonable
[非正式] 简直是在开玩笑; 完全是一场闹剧
informal
The
whole
meeting
was
a
joke.
整个会议完全是一场闹剧。
4
go/get/be beyond a joke
a
situation
that
has
got
beyond
a
joke
has
become
serious
and
worrying
〔情况〕超出开玩笑的限度
This
rain’s
getting
beyond
a
joke
–
let’s
go
inside.
这场雨不是闹着玩的，我们进去吧。
5
sth is no joke
used
to
emphasize
that
a
situation
is
serious
or
that
someone
really
means
what
they
say
某事并非开玩笑〔用来强调情况严重或某人说的话是认真的〕
The
risk
he’s
taking
is
no
joke.
他冒的这个险可非同小可。
It’s
no
joke
bringing
up
a
child
on
your
own.
独自抚养小孩可不是好玩的事情。
6
sb can take a joke
used
to
say
that
someone
is
able
to
laugh
at
jokes
about
themselves
某人开得起玩笑
Your
problem
is
you
just
can’t
take
a
joke.
你的问题在于你开不起玩笑。
7
make a joke (out) of sth
to
treat
something
serious
as
if
it
was
intended
to
be
funny
拿〔严肃的事〕开玩笑
He
could
not
bring
himself
to
apologise.
Instead,
he
tried
to
make
a
joke
of
it.
他难以开口道歉，倒想拿这件事情开个玩笑蒙混过去。
8
sb’s idea of a joke
a
situation
that
someone
else
thinks
is
funny
but
you
do
not
[口] 某人倒感到好笑，某人倒觉得很好玩〔但你本人却并不这么认为〕
spoken
Look,
if
this
is
your
idea
of
a
joke,
I
don’t
find
it
at
all
funny.
喂，虽然你认为这很好笑，我却一点都不觉得。
9
the joke’s on sb
used
to
say
that
something
has
happened
to
make
someone
seem
stupid,
especially
when
they
were
trying
to
make
other
people
seem
stupid
开玩笑反而开到自己身上了; 作弄别人反而作弄到自己身上
verb
10
to
say
things
that
are
intended
to
be
funny
and
that
you
do
not
really
mean
说笑话; 开玩笑
[+
about
]
I
never
joke
about
money.
我从不拿钱来开玩笑。
[+
with
]
As
we
left
the
hospital
he
joked
with
the
staff.
我们离开医院时，他和医务人员开着玩笑。
joke
that
His
father
joked
that
his
son
was
trying
to
put
him
out
of
business.
他父亲开玩笑说他儿子想让他关门歇业。
Calm
down,
Jo,
I
was
only
joking
.
乔，别紧张，我不过是开玩笑的。
11
you’re joking/you must be joking you’ve got to be joking
also
又作
used
to
tell
someone
that
what
they
are
suggesting
is
so
strange
or
silly
that
you
cannot
believe
that
they
are
serious
[口] 你（一定）是在开玩笑吧〔用来表示某人说的话很奇怪或愚蠢，你无法相信他们是认真的〕
spoken
‘Tell
him.’
‘You
must
be
joking
–
he’d
never
believe
me.
’“告诉他。”“你一定是在开玩笑吧，他绝不会相信我的。”
12
joking apart/aside
used
before
you
say
something
serious
after
you
have
been
joking
[英] 言归正传，说正经的〔用来表示停止开玩笑，开始说严肃的事〕
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